Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. Rain hits Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman. Indonesia stepped up search for black box recorders. The Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to the Mexican border a week before the midterm elections. Real Madrid have sacked coach Julen Lopetegui. Riyad Mahrez fired Manchester City back to the top of the Premier League. K-Pop group’s hit track Power is back at Dubai Fountain. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos
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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News Update for Tuesday, October the 30th.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:10Moderate to heavy rain has been reported in parts of Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman this morning
00:15as the unstable weather pattern continues in the UAE.
00:19Lightning and thunder was also reported in the northern and eastern Emirates,
00:23even as dark clouds envelop the Dubai skyline.
00:26Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping to 25 degrees at night.
00:33Indonesia today stepped up a search for an airliner that plunged into the sea
00:38with all 189 aboard feared dead.
00:41It deployed underwater beacons to trace its black box recorders
00:45and uncover why an almost new plane crashed minutes after takeoff.
00:50Four sonar detectors were also being used in areas where aircraft derbis was found
00:55a day earlier off West Java and 15 vessels were scouring the sea surface.
01:01The Pentagon said it's sending 5,200 troops to the Mexican border
01:06in an extraordinary military operation.
01:09The call comes just a week before midterm elections,
01:12in which President Donald Trump has put a sharp focus on Central American migrants
01:17moving north in slow-moving caravans.
01:20The number of troops being deployed is more than double the 2,000 who are in Syria fighting Daesh.
01:26Trump also stepped up his dire warnings about the caravans, tweeting,
01:31this is an invasion of our country and our military is waiting for you.
01:36Real Madrid have sacked coach Julian Lopetugui three months into his first season in charge
01:42after the Spanish giants were beaten by arch-rivals Barcelona over the weekend.
01:47Real have failed to win in La Liga since beating Espanyol on September 22,
01:52losing to Sevilla, Alaves and Levante.
01:56In England, Riyad Mahrez fired Manchester City back to the top of the Premier League
02:01as the champions won 1-0 in their pitch battle with Tottenham.
02:05Playing on the scarred Wembley turf just 24 hours after it was damaged by an NFL fixture,
02:11City's peerless quality and predatory finish from Mahrez helped them ignore the pitch problems.
02:16A sixth win from their last seven league games lifted Pep Guardiola's unbeaten side
02:21above Liverpool on goal difference.
02:24XO is back again.
02:26The K-pop group's hit track Power will be played for the third time at the Dubai Fountain
02:31due to the immense love it received.
02:33XO fans, affectionately known as XOLS, and visitors can enjoy the light and water show
02:40choreographed to the song until November 6.
02:44That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
02:46And as always, you can get the latest updates on gulfnews.com